Village Creek State Park (Texas)

State park in Texas, United States

Village Creek State Park

A campsite in the park

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Location| Hardin County, Texas
Nearest city| Lumberton
Coordinates| 30°15′19″N 94°09′42″W﻿ / ﻿30.25528°N 94.16167°W﻿ / 30.25528; -94.16167
Area| 2,466 acres (998 ha)
Established| 1994 (1994)
Visitors| 31,426 (in 2022)[1]
Governing body| Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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Village Creek State Park is a state park in the Piney Woods of eastern Texas in the Hardin County city of Lumberton.[2] The heavily forested, 2,466 acres (998 ha) park opened in 1994. It is named for Village Creek, a sand-bottomed, free-flowing tributary of the Neches River.[3]

## Nature

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Village Creek State Park is in a floodplain, covered in bottomland hardwood forest, cypress dome, water tupelo swamps, and bayheads.[4]

An eastern copperhead devours its meal.

### Animals

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Wildlife includes white-tailed deer, possum, swamp rabbit, diamondback water snake, eastern copperhead, Gulf Coast toad and snapping turtle. Two large colorful spiders in the park are the yellow garden spider and the golden silk orb-weaver.

Fishing includes channel catfish, bass, crappie, and bluegill.[2]

### Flora

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The forested area includes bald cypress, river birch, riverflat hawthorn, and yaupon holly trees. The park has a longleaf pine restoration project in progress.

## Accommodations

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The park offers 25 water and electric campsites for recreational vehicles (RV) or tents, 15 walk-in primitive tent campsites, a group primitive campsite, restrooms with showers and a dump station.

## Recreation

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Village Creek swimming hole

Recreational activities include swimming, canoeing and fishing in Village Creek, hiking and cycling on eight miles of trails, and picnicking in the day use area which also has a group picnic pavilion. There is also a nature center on site with interpretive displays.

## References

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1. ^ Christopher Adams. "What is the most visited state park in Texas? Here's the top 10 countdown". KXAN.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
2. ^ a b "Village Creek State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
3. ^ "Village Creek State Park History". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
4. ^ Murr, Erika. "Village Creek State Park". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Village Creek State Park (Texas).

* Park guide
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* PM Magazine video segment on Village Creek State Park from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

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